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Amos

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Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Greenland Greenlandic
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Αμως (Amos), a Greek form of the Hebrew name עָמוֹס (Amos)

1) meaning 'carried' (by the Lord), or (the Lord is) 'carrying' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) meaning 'herd' [6]

Related Names

Aamuusi ♂
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 Greenlandic
Aamos ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Ammorsi ♂
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 Greenlandic
Ámorse ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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 Greenlandic
Amos ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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 Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Âmûse ♂
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 Greenlandic

See also Ami, Ape, Mosse

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Amoksenpoika Finland
Amosarson Faroe Islands Iceland
Amosen Norway
Amoson Sweden
Amossen Denmark Norway
Amosson Faroe Islands Iceland Sweden
Amossøn Norway
Amosøn Norway

Female

Amoksentytär Finland
Amosardóttir Faroe Islands Iceland
Amosdatter Denmark Norway
Amosdotter Sweden
Amosdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Amos
Genitive: Amos'
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Amos
Accusative: Amos
Dative: Amosi
Genitive: Amosar
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Amos
Genitive: Amoksen
Partitive: Amosta
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Amos
Accusative: Amos
Dative: Amos
Genitive: Amosar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Amos
Genitive: Amos'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Amos
Genitive: Amos' / Amos

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

31 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 1060 0 0
n.a.
 1060
Sweden Sweden[10]
208 328 0 7 208 321
Greenland Greenland[11]
37 146
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[12]
43
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 43
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
3 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
29
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 29
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Amos (m) Sources: [10][12][14][9]


References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  7. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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